The air manceuvres that have just taken place to the southwest of Paris confirm the lesson taught by [similar operations over London last month, mamely, that no large city jean be protected against a night attack from the air, Only one of two, of the "enemy" planes-which were supposed to be attacking the rod rome close to Chartres were iched up by the searchlights and declared out of ction by the pires, The others dropped their bombs, represented by small smoke-fusee, on or near their objective. By daylight, some enemy planes swooped down on the commander of the defending force and his staff and theoretically annihilated them. This, of course, was merely a sensational feat, A commander-in-chiot does not expose himself casually in rear warfare, and, when he has no gun to fear, an airman can take ris that would be folly if he were operating against a real enemy.
Nevertheless, the desired effect on the public has been produced, and the Government will have less obtaining larger credits it force, because the peas are being made to realize that the Jooly way to prevent a bombardment. of Paris by a German alr fleet in 1968, let us say, is to be in a posi-, tion to do the same kind of thing to Berlin, Thus, while statesmen fare debating peace pncts and naval compromises, the lending nations of Europe are being forced into am increase of air armaments, and [the process of expenditure on. methods of slaughter continues, another form,
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